Ham display and holding device



April 10, 1934. w. w. HUBENET HAM DISPLAY AND HOLDING DEVICE Filed May 16, 1932 Patented Apr. 10, 1934 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to holding and display devices and more particularly to a device for holding a ham or the like cut of cooked meat firmly and conveniently for carving.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the character indicated so constructed that the ham can be rapidly and easily positioned therein even by inexperienced operators and in which the ham will tend to automatically center and wedge itself in a position most convenient for both display and carving purposes.

A further object of the invention is to provide such a device of extremely simple construction andsuch as lends itself to a one piece casting form in which there will be no crevices in which grease can accumulate and in which all surfaces and particularly all surfaces coming in contact with the meat can be easily and effectively cleaned.

Other objects will more particularly appear in the course of the following detailed description.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof, in which like reference characters indicate like parts throughout.

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the improved holder with a ham in position.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 4 is a vertical cross section on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is a horizontal cross section on line 5-5 of Fi 1.

Referring to the drawing which shows a convenient embodiment of the invention in a one piece casting, 1 indicates a base from which rises a hollow pedestal 2 from which extend upwardly two outwardly flaring arms 3--3 each of which arms are formed with inner concaved walls which merge into the inner walls of the pedestal.

In the arms 3 are preferably formed windows 4 which permit any slight irregularities of the knuckle to project therethrough and at the top of the arms are two outwardly directed handgrasps 8-8 by means of which the entire device with a ham positioned therein can be conveniently carried.

In the pedestal may be provided a gripping device to positively engage the bone of the ham and as illustrated this consists of a screw 6 seated in a threaded hole 5 in the pedestal wall, said screw being provided with a hand grasp 7.

For additional strength and rigidity the pedestal and arms may be formed with stifiening ribs 9 and various modifications will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, but within the scope of the present invention as claimed.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim:

A ham holder consisting of a unitary casting comprising a hollow base a pedestal extending into two oppositely disposed diverging arms having inwardly facing concave walls formed with windows, said arms forming a flattened conical socket into which a ham is adapted to wedge itself, with substantially triangular windows through which the wedged ham can expand and lock itself in said wedged position.

WILLIAM W. HUBENET. 

